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Pakistan’s population is 197 million people. Karachi is the most popular city in Pakistan. The capital city is Islamabad with 1.015 million people living there. Lahore is the second most popular city after Karachi. It’s one of Pakistan’s most wealthiest cities. Lahore is the largest city, and historic cultural centre of the Punjab region. It’s also one of Pakistan’s socially liberal, progressive, and cosmopolitan cities. Some of the major languages spoken there are English, Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashto, and Balochi. The major religion is Pakistan is Islam. Pakistan is one of the worlds deadliest countries for journalists with 14 media workers being killed in 2014 alone. Some interesting things i learned were the life expectancy in Pakistan is 66 years for men and 68 for women. The president of Pakistan Arif Alvi and the prime minister is Imran Khan. Some important dates in Pakistan are,

1947 – Muslim state of East and West Pakistan created out of partition of India at the end of British rule.

1948 – First war with India over disputed territory of Kashmir.

1971 – East Pakistan attempts to secede, leading to civil war. India intervenes in support of East Pakistan which eventually breaks away to become Bangladesh, and so many more important days.